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Lexicon :: Strong's H6693 - ṣûq

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צוּק
Transliteration
ṣûq
Pronunciation
tsook
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1895

Strong’s Definitions

צוּק tsûwq, tsook; a primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress:—constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H6693 in the following manner: distress (5x), oppressor (2x), sore (1x), press (1x), straiten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H6693 in the following manner: distress (5x), oppressor (2x), sore (1x), press (1x), straiten (1x).

  1. (Hiphil) to constrain, press, bring into straits, straiten, oppress

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צוּק tsûwq, tsook; a primitive root; to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress:—constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-) press(-or), straiten.
STRONGS H6693: Abbreviations
† I. [צוּק] verb
Hiph. constrain, bring into straits, press upon (Late Hebrew צוּק be distressed (rare), Hiph. = Biblical Hebrew; Arabic bdb084708 (bdb084709) be narrow, tight, so Ethiopic bdb084710; Aramaic עִיק, bdb084711; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic bdb084712); — Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הֵצִיקָה Judges 16:16, suffix הֱצִיקַתְהוּ Judges 14:17, נִ֑י Job 32:18 (Gi Job 32:19); 1st person singular וַהֲצִיקוֺתִ֫י consecutive Isaiah 29:2; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָצִיק Deuteronomy 28:53 + 2 times; 3rd person masculine plural יָצִיקוּ Jeremiah 19:9; Participle מֵצִיק Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse), plural מְצִיקִים Isaiah 29:7; — bring into straits, by importunity with ל person Judges 16:16, with suffix person Judges 14:17; constrain (to speak) Job 32:18 (suffix person); elsewhere of bringing into straits a city or people, with ל, Isaiah 29:2, 7, so Isaiah 7:6 (reading וּנְצִיקֶנָּה for MT וּנְקִיצֶנָּה), Thes Che Du Gr Marti, compare formula לְ בְּמָצוֺר וּבְמָצוֺק אֲשֶׁר יָצ׳ Deuteronomy 28:53, 55, 57; Jeremiah 19:9; participle absolute הַמֵּצִיק Isaiah 51:13 (twice in verse) the oppressor.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

28:53; 28:53; 28:55; 28:57

Judges

14:17; 14:17; 16:16; 16:16

Job

32:18; 32:18; 32:19

Isaiah

7:6; 29:2; 29:2; 29:7; 29:7; 51:13; 51:13

Jeremiah

19:9; 19:9

H6693

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6693 matches the Hebrew צוּק (ṣûq),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - “The siege and terrible distress of the enemy’s attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - He will refuse to share with them the flesh he is devouring—the flesh of one of his own children—because he has nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - So she cried whenever she was with him and kept it up for the rest of the celebration. At last, on the seventh day he told her the answer because she was tormenting him with her nagging. Then she explained the riddle to the young men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:16 - She tormented him with her nagging day after day until he was sick to death of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:18 - For I am full of pent-up words,
and the spirit within me urges me on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:2 - Yet I will bring disaster upon you,
and there will be much weeping and sorrow.
For Jerusalem will become what her name Ariel means—
an altar covered with blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:7 - All the nations fighting against Jerusalem[fn]
will vanish like a dream!
Those who are attacking her walls
will vanish like a vision in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:13 - Yet you have forgotten the LORD, your Creator,
the one who stretched out the sky like a canopy
and laid the foundations of the earth.
Will you remain in constant dread of human oppressors?
Will you continue to fear the anger of your enemies?
Where is their fury and anger now?
It is gone!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:9 - I will see to it that your enemies lay siege to the city until all the food is gone. Then those trapped inside will eat their own sons and daughters and friends. They will be driven to utter despair.’
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